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By Ariane Madden

Guelph accepts large donation

The University of Guelph has accepted a $1.5 million donation from a family who wishes to remain anonymous. The gift is intended to improve sports facilities and programs in conjunction with a recently approved student fee increase to help ensure stable funding for decades more at the university.

Large salaries to be revealed in Nova Scotia

The salaries of all Nova Scotia university officials making over $100,000 per year will be required to be publicly released beginning in September. Currently, the highest paid university president makes $393,000 at Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University, which equates to approximately $26 per student.

Tighter enforcement of UBC parking to come

New enforcement guidelines for parking in the residential areas on the outskirts of UBC could leave some students at risk of getting towed next week. The new rules require parking decals for all vehicles parked in the residential neighborhoods around the campus, and are designed to encourage increased transit use and carpooling.

UVic students await fraud information from police

Students and staff at the University of Victoria are anxiously awaiting information from police and investigators about the theft of personal and banking information from the university’s administrative offices two weeks ago. The university has offered two years of credit monitoring to the affected individuals to compensate for the breach.

Students discover handgun on Ontario campus

Students at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario found a loaded handgun in a backpack. It was left behind by a classmate, 25-year-old Dominic Chong, who was charged with several weapons offences later that day.

 

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